Mushroom Management
Pseudo Analysis · Blind Development
A management concept where workers are not given insight to the processes, priorities, or even the purpose of the company, and are simply given tasks to accomplish without context. The term itself alludes to mushroom cultivation of "being kept in the dark and fed bullshit."
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Everyday Use
The phrase used in this way dates to the mid-1960s, from a variety of various sources.